Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Things I'll Miss About Angola: the Confusão

A truck falls victim to the confusão in Luanda. This is not a fake picture.


The confusão here in Angola is an odd thing. Mostly it has made my life difficult. Your bathroom ceiling is leaking? Too bad. Your neighbors play kuduru at 3 am on a Tuesday? Too bad. You get threatened with arrest at the airport on totally baseless charges? Too bad.

It’s enough to drive a person crazy- really. Long ago I stopped trying to reason with the confusão, because the confusão will always win. Over time, I’ve just accepted the confusão of life here. Of course there are those times when I break down in the face of it, but generally I’ve come to appreciate it likely because I always knew that eventually I would be able to leave it behind. Like it or not, the confusão is what makes Angola so unique. This blog certainly would have been boring without it.

2 comments:

Danny said...

That's awesome. So like Angola. I appreciate your posts.

Leslie said...

Thanks! I can't take credit for the photo, however!